We're still in sync, sorry, maybe better luck next time. I'm headed up to Diamond Lake for a few days, that should give you time to find a new disagreement between us! ((hugs))

--Previous Message-- : No no!!! That's not how it works, rene! : Lol. We must quibble, endlessly, over the : words and meanings! The quibbling is part : of the game. Part of the dynamic. : : I used to joke on another dao board about : how utterly boring and stagnant the world : would be if we humans were all perfect : Buddhas with perfect understanding and : living in perfect harmony. Imagine a field : of identical Buddhas sitting in identical : poses -- all facing the same direction and : chanting the same thing. : : Lol. : : Who would want such a world? : : --Previous Message-- : "Taken as a whole, I view the entire : creation/destruction/gain/loss dynamic as : beneficent." : : So do I - and if that is what you've been : pointing to all this time then the only : difference between our ideas was semantic : and this decade-long debate has been : resolved. (-: : :